Barb-wire fencing



(No Model.)

' .J; E. STUART.

Barb Wire Fencing.

Patented July 27,1880.

".FEI'ES. PHUTO-LITHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON D C NITED STATES JOHN E. STUART, OF CROSSVILLE, ILLINOIS.

BARB-WIRE FENCING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,505, dated July 27, 1880.

Application filed April 29, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ELI STUART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grossville, in the county of White and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barb-Wire Fencing, which invention is fully set forth in the following specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawlugs.

The object of my invention is to form a portable wire fence with folding panels by the combination of the wires and staples forming hinges O, as shown inthe drawings, Fig. 2, and by the use of a cross-brace, B, at the bottom of the post to make it with sufficient lateral strength, and yet light enough that it may be driven into the ground with a maul or drawn up with a lever when it is desirable to move the fence.

Figure 1 shows a section of the fence three panels in length in use, showing the connections with adjoining panels. The posts are numbered from 1 to 4 inclusive. Fig. 2 shows a panel of the fence with the method of hinging the wires, together with the joining of a first and a fourth post.

A is the body oft-he post; B, the cross-brace; O, the hinges, formed by driving the staples horizontally over the wires and D is the wire as it passes from staple to staple up the post. The fence is to be built in sections of three or more panels each, the panels being about one rod in length. The sections should be built separately and then carried wherever needed. The size of the posts may be three by three inches at the bottom and three by two inches at the top, four and one-half feet high, with a pointed foot at the bottom, below the crossbrace, to be driven into the ground one and one-half feet. The cross-brace may be sawed two feet long from five-inch plank and nailed or bolted against the post at surface of the ground crosswise of the line of the wires; or the post and brace may bemade of iron, in which case the proportions would be varied to suit the material.

To build the fence, select a suitable place and drive the posts sufi lcient for one section in position, setting them alternately on each side of the line. Beginning with any panel, staple the looped end of the wire to the post (No model.)

p, up to q, thence across to 1', out the wire and 7 loop in the staple, completing the panel. 0bserve carefully to have the staples all horizontal, that the hinges may work without bending the wires. Other panels are managed in the same way till the section is complete, when it may be drawn and others made in the same place. As the posts sit alternately on either side of the line of wires, the section will be easily folded together to the length of one panel, when it may be carried to the place of use.

As many lines of the wire may be used as are necessary, weaving them back and forth as the three represented. Four lines are considered a good substantial fence for all kinds of stock.

In setting up the fence, a brace, H, Fig. 1, in the direction of the wires will be necessary to hold the section taut till the next section is put in place. At the corners two such braces are required to prevent the tops of the posts from being drawn forward and out of place. The foot of the post No.1 is set over the crossbrace of the fourth, post of the previous section and the top is held in place by the wire band G. The whole section is then drawn tight by force and the posts driveninto the ground the proper depth.

By bracing the fourth post of any section and the second post of the adjoining section, a convenient gate may be made of the intervening panel.

The posts maybe made more lasting by coating or painting in the usual way, or when the foot decays a new one may be nailed to the side of the post.

If it is desired to make a fence visible to stock running near it, a warning-plank, E, Fig. 2, may be slipped under the wires passing up the post.

If it is required to make a very close fence, use several lines and staple a narrow slat perpendicularlyhalf-way between the posts to stay the wires the proper distance apart, as F, Fig. 2. I

I am aware that the principle of the crossbrace used in the post is in common use, and

between and upon reverse sides of the posts, and secured thereto by horizontal staples, the distance between securing-staples on the same )ost corresponding to the distance between the rails which the Wire forms, all substan 15 tially as set forth, for the purposes specified.

JOHN ELI STUART.

Witnesses:

DAVID STUART, JOHN ANDERSON GRAHAM. 

